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Ethnic Enclaves and the Economic Success of Immigrants - Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Åslund, Olof; Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

Recent immigrants tend to locate in ethnic ‘enclaves’ within metropolitan areas. The economic consequence of living in such enclaves is still an unresolved issue. We use an immigrant policy initiative in Sweden, when government authorities distributed refugee immigrants across locales in a...

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Settlement Policies and the Economic Success of Immigrants

Åslund, Olof; Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

of new immigrants away from immigrant dense metropolitan areas. We evaluate a reform of Swedish immigration policy that …

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Attitudes to Ethnic Minorities, Ethnic Context and Location Decisions

Dustmann, Christian; Preston, Ian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

The attitudes of ethnic majority populations towards other communities is a potentially important determinant of social exclusion and of the welfare of ethnic minorities. The suggestion that negative attitudes towards minorities may be affected by the ethnic composition of the locality in which...

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How Important is Access to Jobs? Old Question - Improved Answer

Aslund, Olof; Östh, John; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

We study the impact of job proximity on individual employment and earnings. The analysis exploits a Swedish refugee dispersal policy to get exogenous variation in individual locations. Using very detailed data on the exact location of all residences and workplaces in Sweden, we find that having...

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Language Proficiency and Labour Market Performance of Immigrants in the UK

Dustmann, Christian; Fabbri, Francesca - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

This paper uses two recent UK surveys to investigate labour market performance, the determinants of language proficiency, and the effect of language on earnings and employment probabilities of non-white immigrants. Our results show that language acquisition, employment probabilities, as well as...

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The Russian-Ukrainian Political Divide

Constant, Amelie; Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

The Orange Revolution unveiled significant political and economic tensions between ethnic Russians and Ukrainians in Ukraine. Whether this divide was caused by purely ethnic differences or by ethnically segregated reform preferences is unknown. Analysis using unique micro data collected prior to...

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The Economic Performance of Germany's East European Immigrants

Schmidt, Christoph M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

Germany has experienced a substantial influx of German immigrants from Eastern Europe after World War II and expects several million more as a consequence of the demise of socialism. This paper analyses the economic performance of ethnic German migrants to West Germany in comparison with native...

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Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance and Self-Employment Proclivity: A Bi-National Study of Immigrants

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

, although only among a number of other determinants. For Germany, legal status at entry is important; former refugees and those … migrants who arrive through family reunification are less likely to work full-time; refugees are also less self-employed. Those …

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The Rise and Fall of Asylum: What Happened and Why?

Hatton, Timothy J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

In the last 20 years, developed countries have struggled with what seemed to be an ever-rising tide of asylum seekers, a trend that has now gone into reverse. This paper examines what happened and why. How have oppression, violence and economic conditions in origin countries shaped worldwide...

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The Effects of Immigration on US Wages and Rents: A General Equilibrium Approach

Ottaviano, Gianmarco; Peri, Giovanni - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

In this paper we document a strong positive correlation of immigration flows with changes in average wages and average … compatible with a causal interpretation from immigration to wages and rents of natives. Separating the effects of immigrants on … useful tool to evaluate the impacts of alternative immigration scenarios on U.S. wages and rents. …

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